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Great day at the lake!
"Don White" wrote in message
... Sometimes, sometimes not... http://science.howstuffworks.com/sunglass1.htm -- Nom=de=Plume Yup...thank you...that's what I had heard before... "When you buy a pair of cheap sunglasses, you often give up all of these benefits and can even make things worse. For example, if your sunglasses offer no UV protection, you increase your exposure to UV rays. The cheap sunglasses block some of the light, causing your iris to open to allow more light in. This lets in more of the UV light as well, increasing the damage UV light can cause to the retina. " I was going to say I used to date an ophthalmologist, but the link has better credibility. lol -- Nom=de=Plume |
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Great day at the lake!
"Tim" wrote in message ... We hit the Lake approx 2:00 and left at about 5:30. I jsut got home. We could have stayed longer, but eh, 4 hr.s of taking the niece's son's tubing was plenty for everybody. My niece isn't a slave to fashion but when we went tubing last time, I about flipped her over and she lost a $45.00 pair of non-prescription sunglasses. "Vanity, vanity... all is but vanity" So this time, when headed for the lake I stopped at Salem at the MotoMart and bought 4 pair of sun glasses at $2.50 each. So I asked her if she brought any sunglasses,and she said , Yes, i just picked these up yesterday" I asked her how much they were and she said $38.00. I told her to leave them in her car, and handed her a pair of "El Cheapo" she looked at me like "You're kidding?" I said,"No I'm not kidding, Wouldn't you rather lose a cheap pair than expensive ones? she like of shurugged her shoulders but put them on, and in the glare off the lake she commented that they did a better job of cutting the glare then her expensive ones. "Amaziing" I thought to myself. My niece has a rather thin face, and he had on some "aviator style" glasses,adn her son said she looked like a horsefly. after she took her turn on the tube of resolve, sure enough she didn't have the glasses in place and had them on her forehead, and off they came. She apologized about losing them and I told her not to worry abotu it, and asked if she wanted another pair. After all, I had another set. She took them, and after we had trailered the boat she asked me if they could keep them. With a grin I said "You mean you like those things?" She said "yeah, we'll keep them for next time!" So I take it I'm set up for a sequel. i like hanging around witht he girl and the lads. i wish we could have found more to do. But then again everybody was tired and she had to get back for work later on today. But everybody had eye protection snack's and juices , and just a plain good day on the water. So, another good flushing enjoyed by everybody. hope y'all had fun today too! Sounds great. I was going out for Halibut and White Sea Bass in SF Bay today. Wake up to a Midwest morning. Lighting, thunder and rain. Figured that I would stay home and work on the wheelchair ramp for my neighbor. Lighting and a large aluminum boat may not be a good combo. |
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Great day at the lake!
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:37:33 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... We hit the Lake approx 2:00 and left at about 5:30. I jsut got home. We could have stayed longer, but eh, 4 hr.s of taking the niece's son's tubing was plenty for everybody. My niece isn't a slave to fashion but when we went tubing last time, I about flipped her over and she lost a $45.00 pair of non-prescription sunglasses. "Vanity, vanity... all is but vanity" So this time, when headed for the lake I stopped at Salem at the MotoMart and bought 4 pair of sun glasses at $2.50 each. So I asked her if she brought any sunglasses,and she said , Yes, i just picked these up yesterday" I asked her how much they were and she said $38.00. I told her to leave them in her car, and handed her a pair of "El Cheapo" she looked at me like "You're kidding?" I said,"No I'm not kidding, Wouldn't you rather lose a cheap pair than expensive ones? she like of shurugged her shoulders but put them on, and in the glare off the lake she commented that they did a better job of cutting the glare then her expensive ones. "Amaziing" I thought to myself. My niece has a rather thin face, and he had on some "aviator style" glasses,adn her son said she looked like a horsefly. after she took her turn on the tube of resolve, sure enough she didn't have the glasses in place and had them on her forehead, and off they came. She apologized about losing them and I told her not to worry abotu it, and asked if she wanted another pair. After all, I had another set. She took them, and after we had trailered the boat she asked me if they could keep them. With a grin I said "You mean you like those things?" She said "yeah, we'll keep them for next time!" So I take it I'm set up for a sequel. i like hanging around witht he girl and the lads. i wish we could have found more to do. But then again everybody was tired and she had to get back for work later on today. But everybody had eye protection snack's and juices , and just a plain good day on the water. So, another good flushing enjoyed by everybody. hope y'all had fun today too! Sounds great. I was going out for Halibut and White Sea Bass in SF Bay today. Wake up to a Midwest morning. Lighting, thunder and rain. Figured that I would stay home and work on the wheelchair ramp for my neighbor. Lighting and a large aluminum boat may not be a good combo. Pansy. |
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Great day at the lake!
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:37:33 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... We hit the Lake approx 2:00 and left at about 5:30. I jsut got home. We could have stayed longer, but eh, 4 hr.s of taking the niece's son's tubing was plenty for everybody. My niece isn't a slave to fashion but when we went tubing last time, I about flipped her over and she lost a $45.00 pair of non-prescription sunglasses. "Vanity, vanity... all is but vanity" So this time, when headed for the lake I stopped at Salem at the MotoMart and bought 4 pair of sun glasses at $2.50 each. So I asked her if she brought any sunglasses,and she said , Yes, i just picked these up yesterday" I asked her how much they were and she said $38.00. I told her to leave them in her car, and handed her a pair of "El Cheapo" she looked at me like "You're kidding?" I said,"No I'm not kidding, Wouldn't you rather lose a cheap pair than expensive ones? she like of shurugged her shoulders but put them on, and in the glare off the lake she commented that they did a better job of cutting the glare then her expensive ones. "Amaziing" I thought to myself. My niece has a rather thin face, and he had on some "aviator style" glasses,adn her son said she looked like a horsefly. after she took her turn on the tube of resolve, sure enough she didn't have the glasses in place and had them on her forehead, and off they came. She apologized about losing them and I told her not to worry abotu it, and asked if she wanted another pair. After all, I had another set. She took them, and after we had trailered the boat she asked me if they could keep them. With a grin I said "You mean you like those things?" She said "yeah, we'll keep them for next time!" So I take it I'm set up for a sequel. i like hanging around witht he girl and the lads. i wish we could have found more to do. But then again everybody was tired and she had to get back for work later on today. But everybody had eye protection snack's and juices , and just a plain good day on the water. So, another good flushing enjoyed by everybody. hope y'all had fun today too! Sounds great. I was going out for Halibut and White Sea Bass in SF Bay today. Wake up to a Midwest morning. Lighting, thunder and rain. Figured that I would stay home and work on the wheelchair ramp for my neighbor. Lighting and a large aluminum boat may not be a good combo. Pansy. Scary, just plain scary. Not like you people back east and in the midwest that have lightning all the time. Besides I dislike boating in the rain. |
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Great day at the lake!
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:23:53 -0400, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:08:08 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: Not like you people back east..... You have, obviously, never been to Florida......... Yeah, the worst of the thunderstorms here in New Jersey, are just an average summer afternoon there. Although, I'll note, you have lost the title of "Lightning Capital of the World". http://www.sptimes.com/2002/03/04/Fl..._Our_boa.shtml |
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wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:45:34 -0500, thunder wrote: On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:23:53 -0400, Gene wrote: On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:08:08 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: Not like you people back east..... You have, obviously, never been to Florida......... Yeah, the worst of the thunderstorms here in New Jersey, are just an average summer afternoon there. Although, I'll note, you have lost the title of "Lightning Capital of the World". http://www.sptimes.com/2002/03/04/Fl..._Our_boa.shtml I suppose that is a distinction without a difference. Rwandans don't have many electronics to be blown up and they don't play golf. Best lightning display I ever saw was in the mid 1980's driving my RV in to Washington DC area. Vertical lightning, horizontal lightning. Lots of both at the same time. |
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Great day at the lake!
"Gene" wrote in message ... On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:08:08 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: Not like you people back east..... You have, obviously, never been to Florida......... -- Forté Agent 5.00 Build 1171 "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Unknown Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC. Homepage http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net...at/my_boat.htm I have. I was stationed at Keesler AFB. And used to go to Clearwater on business. And went to school for a year in Ohio. Lots of places have a lot more lightning than the San Francisco Bay area. The Sierra mountains for one. |
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Great day at the lake!
Calif Bill wrote:
"Gene" wrote in message ... On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:08:08 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: Not like you people back east..... You have, obviously, never been to Florida......... -- Forté Agent 5.00 Build 1171 "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Unknown Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC. Homepage http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net...at/my_boat.htm I have. I was stationed at Keesler AFB. And used to go to Clearwater on business. And went to school for a year in Ohio. Lots of places have a lot more lightning than the San Francisco Bay area. The Sierra mountains for one. I lived right in the middle of "lighting alley" in Florida. In summer, you can go out in pastures and find crude glass where lightning hit the sand ground! |
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Great day at the lake!
"Gene" wrote in message ... On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:08:08 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: Not like you people back east..... You have, obviously, never been to Florida......... -- Forté Agent 5.00 Build 1171 "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Unknown Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC. Homepage http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net...at/my_boat.htm They say the storm was spun off Hurricane Linda that is off MX. |
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Great day at the lake!
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:37:33 -0700, Calif Bill wrote:
Lighting and a large aluminum boat may not be a good combo. Especially if one uses a graphite pole. I guess Berkeley Lightening Rods are aptly named. |
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